Learn about the Rosenwald Schools, the result of a collaboration between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald that created nearly 5,000, state-of-the-art schools for African American children throughout the south in the early 20th century. Stephanie Deutsch, preservationist and author of You Need A Schoolhouse, Andrew Feiler, photographer and author of A Better Life for their Children, Marnique Heath, AIA, LEED AP, principal, STUDIOS Architecture, and Brent Leggs, executive director, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, discuss the cultural and architectural significance of the schools in advancing education for Black children in the United States, the ongoing efforts to preserve the facilities as a part of being able to tell the story of their early impact on social justice, civil rights, and their influence on future civil rights advocates, including the late John Lewis.

This program continues the National Building Museum's Equity in the Built Environment series of conversations that focus on how buildings, landscapes, interiors, and streets can be the cause of—and, more important, the cure for—social and racial disparities.

UPDATE: Watch this program on the Museum's website.

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